Pedestrian critically hurt in West Side hit-and-run

A 24-year-old man is clinging to life at a hospital and police are looking for the car that plowed into him and fled the scene early this morning on the West Side, police said.

The man was walking in the 600 block of North Homan Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood when the silver-colored car crashed into him and left the scene, according to Harrison District police Lt. John Andrews.

The man suffered blunt head trauma and a fractured leg, Andrews said. He was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition.

It happened at 12:10 a.m., according to a community alert from police. The car is described as being a gray or silver Dodge magnum or Dodge Charger with possible damage to its front end, driver's side headlight, and front windshield, the alert said.